First Substitute H.B. 239

Representative Glenn A. Donnelson proposes the following substitute bill:

1 HIGHER EDUCATION TUITION AND RESIDENCY
2 LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE
3 2005 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Glenn A. Donnelson
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill creates the Higher Education Tuition and Residency Legislative Task Force.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 . authorizes a legislative task force to study residency requirements, resident and
13 nonresident tuition, and tuition waivers at state institutions of higher education;
14 . establishes task force membership, duties, rules, compensation, and staff support;
15 and
16 . requires a report to the Education Interim Committee.
17 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
18 This bill appropriates:
19 . $14,400 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2004-05 only, to fund the task force.
20 Other Special Clauses:
21 This bill is repealed on November 30, 2005.
22 Uncodified Material Affected:
23 ENACTS UNCODIFIED MATERIAL
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25 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

26 Section 1. Higher Education Tuition and Residency Legislative Task Force --
27 Creation -- Membership -- Interim rules followed -- Compensation -- Staff.
28 (1) There is created the Higher Education Tuition and Residency Legislative Task
29 Force consisting of the following members:
30 (a) five members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
31 three of whom may be from the same political party;
32 (b) seven members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the
33 House of Representatives, no more than four of whom may be from the same political party.
34 (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed
35 under Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the task force.
36 (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the
37 House of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the task force.
38 (3) In conducting its business, the task force shall comply with the rules of legislative
39 interim committees.
40 (4) Salaries and expenses of the members of the task force shall be paid in accordance
41 with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.
42 (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support
43 to the task force.
44 Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.
45 (1) The task force shall review and make recommendations on the following issues:
46 (a) differentiated tuition levels for state residents and non-residents;
47 (b) residency requirements related to enrollment and tuition; and
48 (c) tuition waivers for various types of students, including a review of all existing
49 categories of tuition waivers.
50 (2) A final report, including any proposed legislation, shall be presented before
51 November 30, 2005, to the Education Interim Committee.
52 Section 3. Appropriation.
53 There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 2004-05 only:
54 (1) $6,000 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the
55 task force; and
56 (2) $8,400 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses

57 of representatives on the task force.
58 Section 4. Repeal date.
59 This bill is repealed on November 30, 2005.